Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

Root
ܡ ܚ ܪ (m ḥ r)
3 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Classical Syriac.

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [max.xɑːrɑː]

Noun edit

ܡܲܚܵܪܵܐ (maḥḥārām (plural ܡܲܚܵܪܹ̈ܐ (maḥḥārē), feminine ܡܲܚܵܪܬܵܐ (maḥḥārtā))

  1. engineer (person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures)
  2. geometrician, geometer
  3. surveyor, measurer

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Classical Syriac edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [maħħɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [maħħɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܡܚܪܐ (transliteration neededm (plural ܡܚܪܐ, singular feminine counterpart ܡܚܪܬܐ)

  1. geometrician, geometer
  2. surveyor, measurer
  3. architect

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • mḥr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 180b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 265b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 742b